Gate



Jan. 26, 1932. J. VOLL ET AL 1,843,053

GATE

Filed Aug. 5, 1930 o Jaaab val] Edward vol] Patented Jan. 26, 1932 JACOB VOLL AND EDWARD VOLL, F YANK'ION, SOUTH DAKOTA GATE Application filed August 5,

. This invention relates to gates and has for an object to provide a gate which may be easily opened from either side and will employ novel fastening means which maintain the. gate, when formed of wire, taut when closed.

A further object is to provide a gate having a fastening post which is normally held rigid by eyes on the gate post and which must be manually removed bodily-from the eyes to permit of the gate being opened so that accidental-opening of the gate is positively prevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a gate which may be easily constructed, Will be inexpensive to manufacture, and will embody a few strong and durable parts which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gate closed,

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the gate,

Fig. 8'is a detail plan view of the hook with a portion broken away, and

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate simi lar parts in the various views, 10 and 11 designate gate posts. A plurality of clamps 12 are secured to the gate post 11 and are provided with eyes 13 which rigidly hold a rod 14 parallel with and in close proximity to the gate post.

Secured to the gate post 10 is a pair of clamps 15 which are provided with circular eyes 16 arranged in vertical alignment with each other. A post 17 which is preferably T-shaped in cross section, as best shown in 1930. Serial No. 473,157.

Fig. 2, is slidably and rotatably received in the eyes 16.

The post 17 and the rod 14 are preferably connected by fencing wire 18 which may be of any preferred type, wire strands, or a combination of both if desired- Thus the post 17, rod 14 and wire fencing 18 constitute the gate proper. WVhen it is desired to open the gate to permit passage therethrough of pedestrians or vehicles, the post 17 must be manually and bodily removed from the eyes 16 and then carried toward the rod 14 to open the passageway between the gate posts 10 and 11.

By now referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 4, it will be seen that the upper end of the T-shaped post 17 is provided in the web thereof'with a recess 19 which receives the eye 16 of the upper clamp. Above the recess there is a finger 20 which engages the top edge of the eye and prevents the post slipping downward accidentally through the eye. Likewise, as best shown in Fig. 1, the webof the T-shaped post is provided at the bottom thereof with a recess 21 which receives theeye 16 of the lower clamp 15, there being a projection 22 at the bottom of the recess in the web which engages the bottom edge of said eye and prevents accidental displacement of the post 17 vertically upward.

It. will be observed that the eyes 16 of the clamps 15 form guides which permit of the post 17 being turned or pivoted on its vertical axis.

For turning the post 17 as a preliminary movement to open the gate, the post is provided at the top with a substantially semicircular plate 23 which extends perpendicular to the axis of the post and is rigidly secured to the latter by brazing or other means so as to move as a unit therewith. The plate is provided with an integral bracket 24 which likewise is preferably integrally secured to the post by brazing or other preferred means and terminates in hinge eyes 25. A lever 26, as best shown in Fig. 1, is hinged at the upper end by means of a pintle 27 to the hinge eyes of the bracket 24. The lever may be raised to the horizontal on either side of the gate to rotate the post 17 in the pivoteyes either woven wire,

16 preliminary to releasing the locking hooks which will now be described.

By referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the plate 23 is provided with a series of radially disposed slots 28 in the curved edges thereof. As shown in Fig. 3, a curved hook 29 is secured by a chain 30 to a metal bracket arm 31 carried by the clamping bolt 32 of the upper clamp 15. The parts just described and including the hook 29 are duplicated on each side of said'clamp so that the gate may be locked on either side by engaging the corresponding hook in one of the slots 28. The

hook 29 terminates in a bill 83 which, as above stated, is adapted to enter one of the slots 28 and is also terminally provided with spaced rearwardly curved'stops 34 and 35 which engage the upper and lower faces re spectively of the plate 28 and prevent dislodginent of the hook.

To open the gate it is necessary to raise the lever 26 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the horizontal position shown by dotted linesinFig. 2 and move the lever 'sufliciently to rock the plate 23 and post 17 so that the hook 29 may be loosened and'disengaged from the slot 28 in the plate. Thereupon the lever may be released and the post 17 may be. graspedandfirst shoved toward the gate post 10 and downwardly until the upper end passes outof the eye 16 of'the upper clamp whereupon the post- 17 may be lifted bodily from the eye 16 of the lower clamp and carried toward the rod 14 sufiiciently to permit the passdage of a pedestrian or a vehicle'as desire gaged in said eyes holding said fencing wire taut and the gate closed, said fastening post being adapted to be removed bodily from said eyes to permit of said fencing wire being carried toward the first-named gate post to open tosaid clamps andselectively engageable in said notches whereby to hold said fastening post in said eyes and hold said fencing wire taut to maintain the gate closed, rotation of said lever loosening said hooks for manual removal from said notches to permit of said fastening post being bodily removed from said eyes to open the gate.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures. I V

-' JACOB VOLL. [L. s.] EDWARD VOLL. [Ls] To close the gate after passing thereif through, it is simply necessaryto re-set the 1 post 17 in the eye 16 of the lower clamp 15 and then lift it vertically until theupper end thereof projects through the eye 16 of the upper clamp 15. Thereupon, the lever 26 may be lifted and rocked horizontally to cause the fencing wire 18 to become taut. Thereupon, the hook 29 on the same side of the fence as. the operator may be lifted andengaged in the particular slot 28 ofthe plate 23 to hold the gate closed. It will be pointed out that in closed position the wire fencing 18 of the gate is taut and is disposed laterally of the center line between the gate posts 10 .and 11. The taut conditionof the wire fencing of the gate prevents dislodgment of the bill 33 of the hook 29 from operative position until manually released. I

Havingthus described the invention, we claim;

A gate comprising fencing wire,'means for securing the fencing wire to a gate post, an upright fastening post secured to the free end of said fencing wire, clamps adapted to be secured to another gate post and terminating in eyes pivotally receiving said fas- 

